0 to 1 no Aida (0と1の間; Hepburn: Zero to Ichi no Aida, Between 0 and 1)[1] is the seventh studio album from Japanese idolgirl groupAKB48, released on November 18, 2015 (2015-11-18). This album marks the tenth anniversary of the group, and contains a compilation of their top singles as well as an assortment of bonus tracks. This is the last album to feature long-time member and former AKB48 general director Minami Takahashi.

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The seventh AKB48 album was announced in September 2015, during an event, and will be a special compilation to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Japanese idol group and the departure, or "graduation" of long-time member and former AKB48 general director Minami Takahashi.

The album was released in three versions:

No. 1 Singles and Million Singles are two-CD editions which compile all of the groups' singles that have reached the #1 position on the Oricon charts plus three new tracks and all singles which have sold more than a million copies plus six new tracks respectively.

Complete Singles is a three-CD bundle which includes every single released up to date (both indie singles "Sakura no Hanabiratachi" and "Skirt, Hirari" are presented in newly remixed versions) plus three new tracks and a bonus DVD.

The Theater Edition features the same track list as Million Singles with the exception of the last three tracks, which are replaced by two new songs by sub-units Tentoumu Chu! and Dendenmu Chu!.

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AKB48
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AKB48 is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara area in Tokyo, where the groups theater is located. The group has expanded since then to include over 130 members as of December 2015, aged from their early teens to their mid-20s. AKB48s producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a group with its own theater. This idols you can meet concept includes teams which can rotate performances and perform simultaneously at several events and handshake events, Akimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to several sister groups in China, Japan and Indonesia, with upcoming groups announced for the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. The group is one of the musical performers in Japan, with 2013 sales of over $128 million. As of December 2015 the group has sold over 41 million records, including over 36 million singles, as of September 2016, the group has sold over 40 million singles. AKB48 is the highest selling act in Japan in terms of singles sold. AKB48s thirty-two latest singles have topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and their highest selling single, Tsubasa wa Iranai, sold over 2.5 million in 2016 according to Billboard / Soundscan. In 2010, Beginner and Heavy Rotation placed first and second, respectively, from 2011 to 2016, AKB48s singles have occupied the top four or five spots of the Oricon Yearly Singles Chart. AKB48 was founded as idols you can meet, the AKB48 Theater is in the Don Quijote store in Akihabara, Tokyo. The group is split into teams, reducing its members workload. According to member Misaki Iwasa, each team has its own theme, Team A represents freedom, Team B is idol-like, with cute costumes, and Team K has a strong, powerful image. New members are called trainees who are understudies for the group, in addition to their performances with the group, members are promoted by the Japanese mass media. AKB48 regularly hosts events, where fans can interact with the members, the group members ages range from their early teens to over 20, and they are selected from regular auditions. Members are not allowed to date, and must be well-behaved, any violation of these used to be punished. AKB48 has a system allows members to graduate from the group when they are older and are replaced by trainees who are promoted. Monica Hesse of The Washington Post described the AKB48 audition process as rolling American Idol-esque, in July 2005, Yasushi Akimoto held an audition for a new theater-based idol girl group. Of the 7,924 who auditioned,24 were chosen as first-generation group members, on December 8,20 members debuted as Team A in the AKB48 Theater performing PARTY ga Hajimaru yo to an audience of seven, attendance quickly increased

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J-pop
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J-pop, natively also known simply as pops, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. J-pop was further defined by new groups in the late 1970s, particularly electronic synthpop band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Eventually, J-pop replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene, the term was coined by the Japanese media to distinguish Japanese music from foreign music, and now refers to most Japanese popular music. The origin of modern J-pop is said to be Japanese-language rock music inspired by the likes of The Beatles, unlike the Japanese music genre called kayōkyoku, J-pop uses a special kind of pronunciation, which is similar to that of English. One notable singer to do so is Keisuke Kuwata, who pronounced the Japanese word karada as kyerada, additionally, unlike Western music, the major second was usually not used in Japanese music, except art music, before rock music became popular in Japan. At first, the term J-pop was used only for Western-style musicians in Japan, such as Pizzicato Five and Flippers Guitar, on the other hand, Mitsuhiro Hidaka of AAA from Avex Trax said that J-pop was originally derived from the Eurobeat genre. However, the became a blanket term, covering other music genres—such as the majority of Japanese rock music of the 1990s. O. A. Because the band did not want to perform J-pop music, their album featured the 1980s Pop of MTV, according to his fellow band member Toru Hidaka, the 1990s music that influenced him was not listened to by fans of other music in Japan at that time. Hide of Greeeen openly described their genre as J-pop. He said, I also love rock, hip hop and breakbeats, for example, hip hop musicians learn the culture of hip hop when they begin their career. We are not like those musicians and we love the music as very much. Those professional people may say What are you doing, but I think that our musical style is cool after all. By the Taishō period, Western musical techniques and instruments, which had introduced to Japan in the Meiji period, were widely used. Influenced by Western genres such as jazz and blues, ryūkōka incorporated Western instruments such as the violin, harmonica, however, the melodies were often written according to the traditional Japanese pentatonic scale. In the 1930s, Ichiro Fujiyama released popular songs with his tenor voice, Fujiyama sang songs with a lower volume than opera through the microphone. Jazz musician Ryoichi Hattori attempted to produce Japanese native music which had a flavor of blues and he composed Noriko Awayas hit song Wakare no Blues. Awaya became a popular singer and was called Queen of Blues in Japan. Due to pressure from the Imperial Army during the war, the performance of music was temporarily halted in Japan

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King Records (Japan)
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King Record Co. Ltd. is a Japanese record company, founded in 1931 as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha. It became and began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s, now one of Japans largest record companies not to be owned by a multinational entity, it is headquartered in Tokyo. Its Starchild label, managed by animation producer Toshimichi Ōtsuki, specialises in anime music, King Records also distributes the Up-Front Works–owned and –operated labels Piccolo Town and Rice Music, and also released video games for the PC-88, Famicom, and MSX2 computers. On February 1,2016, King Records restructured Starchild and renamed it King Amusement Creative, be Cool is the official sub-label for AKB48. Venus-B is the official urban music imprint. Evil Line Records is the new division, established on April 2014. Theatre Brook Ryoko Shiraishi Megumi Hayashibara angela Ai Nonaka Eri Kitamura Soichiro Hoshi Haruka Fukuhara Sound Horizon Sawa B. A

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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu

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Yasushi Akimoto
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Yasushi Akimoto is a Japanese record producer, lyricist and television writer, best known for creating and producing some of Japans top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 100 million copies, Akimoto wrote horror novel Chakushin Ari, which brought to movie in 2003 before remade by Hollywood in 2008. Akimoto became a writer in high school, he has produced many television programs. Akimoto started as a lyricist with The Alfee in 1981, he has written lyrics for artists such as Kinki Kids, Tunnels, Onyanko Club. He also wrote Hibari Misoras last single during her lifetime, Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni and he debuted an Indonesian version of AKB48 called JKT48. Auditions were held on October 8 and 9,2011 and the members were announced early November. He became a professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art, a petition against his appointment has been created due his representing the decline of the Japanese entertainment industry, with 11,000 signatures as of March 23. Akimoto married Onyanko Club member Mamiko Takai in 1988,2008, 41st Japan Lyricist Awards — Grand Prix 2012, 51st Japan Record Award Special Award AKB48 Nurse Angel Ririka SOS Fujipacific Music Inc Yasushi Akimoto profile on AKB48

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Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!
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Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe. is the sixth studio album by Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The album was released on January 21,2015 under King Records in Japan, in editions, Type A limited, Type A regular, Type B. The albums consist of 2 CDs, the Type A limited contains a bonus DVD. The Theater edition is sold at the AKB48 theater and only contains the first CD. Theatre Edition Same as on the Regular Edition

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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s

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Green Flash (song)
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Green Flash is the 39th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released in Japan on March 4,2015. This single was first revealed during the groups Request Hour 2015 concert, the single sold 860,269 copies on the first day. It sold 1,001,393 copies in its first week and this single is the 20th consecutive million seller single, and the 21st overall. This single is also the 26th consecutive one that topped Oricons charts, Yuki Kashiwagi and Haruna Kojima are the center performers for this single. This is Kashiwagis first time being a performer since her debut 9 years ago. This single is a one, with Minami Takahashi and Sayaka Yamamoto rapping in the song. This single is released in 5 types, Type A, Type S, Type N, Type H, Majisuka Fight is the theme song for the groups TV drama show Majisuka Gakuen 4. Yankee Rock is the theme song. Hakimono to Kasa no Monogatari was a song that was used for NHK program Minna no Uta in 2015, the music video depicts the story of two grandmothers who run neighboring shops, one that sells shoes, and the other umbrellas. The cover art for each CD single features head shots of four members from the 16 girls who sang on the title track, in the limited editions, the girls are looking downward, as if they were watching a sunset, and with tears streaming from their eyes. In the regular editions, the girls look directly at the camera, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. The performers for the single was posted with the groups short music video. The center performers are Haruna Kojima and Yuki Kashiwagi, the performers for the song are Minami Takahashi, Haruna Kojima, Mayu Watanabe, Haruka Shimazaki, Jurina Matsui, Rino Sashihara, Yuki Kashiwagi and Yui Yokoyama. The performers for the song are from Tentoumu Chu. and Kabotumu Chu

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Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai
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Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai is the 40th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on May 20,2015, Haruka Shimazaki serves as choreography center of this singles title song. It is also the last AKB48 single featuring member Rina Kawaei and SKE48 member Rena Matsui, the single was released in several versions, Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D, and a version called the Theater Edition. All versions, except the Theater Edition, include a DVD with several music videos, unlike other Summer-themed AKB48 singles, this singles MV does not have a paradise scenery and girls in bathing suits. Instead, they focused more on action and most complex choreography that had set aside in Kibōteki Refrain. The single debuted at one on Oricons daily singles chart for the day of May 19,2015. It also topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart on the June 1 week, in addition, it also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, the sembatsu for the song consists of 32 members. AKB48 Team A, Haruka Shimazaki, Minami Takahashi, Yui Yokoyama AKB48 Team B, Yuki Kashiwagi, AKB48 Team A, Minami Takahashi, Yui Yokoyama

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Halloween Night (song)
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Halloween Night is the 41st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 26,2015 and it was number one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, with 1,277,761 copies also becoming the best-selling single in Japan in August. It was also one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. A JKT48 version of song was released on the same day. The member lineup for the track and several supporting B-sides was determined by the results from the annual election held by AKB48. Rino Sashihara, having won the election, serves as the center in the title song, the title track is done in a dark disco style, as opposed to the brightness of Koi Suru Fortune Cookie. JKT48, the Jakarta-based sister group to AKB, released a version of the song. The full version video was released on YouTube in December 9th. The single was released in versions, Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D. All versions, except the Theater Edition, include a DVD with several music videos, the title song was for the first time performed in public on July 4,2015, on the NTV TV show The Music Day, Ongaku wa Taiyō Da. On AKB48 Fes 2016 this song is played as main set closer, the music video for the title track was directed by Kazuaki Seki, who had previously directed music videos for a number of other Japanese artists. All lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto, the senbatsu for the song consists of 16 members

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Hepburn romanization
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The system was originally proposed by the Romanization Club in 1885. The revised edition by Romaji-Hirome-kai in 1908 is called standard style romanization, Hepburn is based on English phonology and has competed with the alternative Nihon-shiki romanization, which was developed in Japan as a replacement of Japanese script. In 1930, a Special Romanization Study Commission was appointed to compare the two, the ordinance was temporarily overturned by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers during the Occupation of Japan, but was reissued in 1954. In 1972, a version of Hepburn was codified as ANSI standard Z39. 11-1972. It was proposed in 1989 as a draft for ISO3602, the ANSI Z39. 11-1972 standard was consequently deprecated on October 6,1994. As of 1978, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, in addition The Japan Times, the Japan Travel Bureau, and many other private organizations used Hepburn instead of Kunrei-shiki. The National Diet Library used Kunrei-shiki, although Hepburn is not a government standard, some government agencies mandate it. In many other areas where it de jure status, Hepburn remains the de facto standard. Signs and notices in city offices and police stations, at shrines, temples, English-language newspapers and media use the simplified form of Hepburn. Cities and prefectures use it in information for English-speaking residents and visitors, official tourism information put out by the government uses it, as do guidebooks, local and foreign, on Japan. Many students of Japanese as a foreign language learn Hepburn, there are many variants of Hepburn romanization. The two most common styles are, Traditional Hepburn, as defined in various editions of Hepburns dictionary and this variant is characterized by the rendering of syllabic n as m before the consonants b, m and p, e. g. Shimbashi for 新橋. Modified Hepburn, also known as Revised Hepburn, in which the rendering of syllabic n as m before certain consonants is no longer used, in Japan itself, there are some variants officially mandated for various uses, Railway Standard, which follows the Hyōjun-shiki Rōmaji. All JR railways and other major railways use this type for station names, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Standard, which follows the modified Hepburn style. This is used for road signs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Passport Standard, a permissive standard which explicitly allows the use of non-Hepburn romaji in personal names, notably for passports. In particular, rendering the syllabic n as m before b, m, p, details of these variants can be found below. The romanizations set out in the first and second versions of Hepburns dictionary are primarily of historical interest, supporters argue that Hepburn is not intended as a linguistic tool. The long vowels are indicated by macrons

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Japanese idol
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In Japanese pop culture idol is a term typically used to refer to young manufactured stars/starlets marketed to be admired for their cuteness. Idols are intended to be role models and they are supposed to maintain a good public image and be good examples for young people. Idols aim to play a range of roles as media personalities, e. g. pop singers, panelists of variety programs, bit-part actors, models for magazines. Their songs typically do not require great singing skills, their popular appeal comes largely from the attractiveness of their public image, Idols are often not considered serious musicians or serious actors. Consequently, many young stars now reject the label in their desire to be seen as professionals rather than as objects of fanatical devotion. The biggest annual idol concert festival is the Tokyo Idol Festival held since 2010, more than 300 idol groups, about 1500 idols performed and attracted about 80,000 spectators in 2016. Whether a person is categorized as an idol depends on how he or she got into the entertainment business, some entertainment companies and music projects specialize in idols, and they automatically market everyone they sign as an idol. Such idol music projects have their own steady following, i. e. idol fans who prefer the style of one particular project they support, but bigger companies can choose, for example, not to refer to a new pop group they create as an idol group. As a result, there are some groups and boy bands with practically the same kind of fan following that are not idols according to their official profiles. The term came to be applied to any cute actress or female singer, teenage girls, mostly between 14 and 16, and teenage males, mostly between 15 and 18, began rising to stardom. One in particular, Momoe Yamaguchi, was a star until her marriage. Idols dominated the pop scene in the 1980s, and this period is known as the Golden Age of Idols in Japan. In a single year, as many as 40 or 50 new idols could appear, a few idols from that era, such as Seiko Matsuda, are still popular. At the same time, the popularity of male Japanese idols, such as SMAP, Kinki Kids, Tokio and they gained high popularity in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Initially the term arose to describe very young newly emerging female singers who were noted for their innocence and freshness. A diversification occurred in the 1990s and instead of few idols vying for popularity, in the mid-1990s, idols became much younger than before, and groups of idols like Speed and Morning Musume became prominent. Idols also became a fixture in anime by singing opening or ending songs that have little relevance to the anime itself. Some experimented with being voice actors, and so voice actors themselves became somewhat like idols, even today, some are still involved with the video game industry, though they are not always entirely successful

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Girl group
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A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. All-female bands, in which also play instruments, are usually considered a separate phenomenon. These groups are sometimes called girl bands to differentiate, although this terminology is not universally followed, with the advent of the music industry and radio broadcasting, a number of girl groups emerged, such as the Andrews Sisters. The late 1950s saw the emergence of all-female singing groups as a force, with 750 distinct girl groups releasing songs that reached US. The Supremes alone held 12 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 during the height of the wave, in later eras, the girl group template would be applied to disco, contemporary R&B, and country-based formats, as well as pop. A more globalized music industry saw the popularity of dance-oriented pop music led by major record labels. This emergence, led by the US, UK, South Korea, also, since the late 2000s, South Korea has had a significant impact, with 8 of the top 10 girl groups by digital sales in the world originating there. The ladies were together from 1923 until the early 1940s, and known for their harmonies, as well as barbershop style or novelty tunes. The Three X Sisters were also especially a notable addition to the music scene, the Boswell Sisters, who became one of the most popular singing groups from 1930 to 1936, had over twenty hits. The Andrews Sisters had musical hits across multiple genres, which contributed to the prevalence, the rise of girl groups appeared out of and was influenced by other musical movements of the time period. Importantly, the first successful girl groups of this era were typically white and this era was also advantageous to the beginnings of girl group music because of the newfound prevalence of the radio as well, which allowed this style of music to spread. Also, the Lennon Sisters were a mainstay on the Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 on, in early 1956, doo-wop one-hit wonder acts like the Bonnie Sisters with Cry Baby and the Teen Queens with Eddie My Love showed early promise for a departure from traditional pop harmonies. With Mr. Lee, the Bobbettes lasted for 5 1/2 months on the charts in 1957, building momentum and gaining acceptance of all-female. However, it was the Chantels 1958 song Maybe that became arguably, the mixture of black doo-wop, rock and roll, and white pop was appealing to a teenage audience and grew from scandals involving payola and the perceived social effects of rock music. However, early groups such as the Chantels started developing their groups musical capacities traditionally, through mediums like Latin, the Shirelles solidified their success with five more top 10 hits, most particularly 1962s number one hit Soldier Boy, over the next two and a half years. Motown would mastermind several major groups, including Martha and the Vandellas, the Velvelettes. Other songwriters and producers in the US and UK quickly recognized the potential of new approach. Phil Spector recruited the Crystals, the Blossoms, and the Ronettes, while Goffin, phil Spector made a huge impact on the ubiquity of the girl group, as well as bringing fame and notoriety to new heights for many girl groups

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Minami Takahashi
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Minami Takahashi is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A. She is the former General Director of AKB48 and its sister groups, in an interview with Nippon Television in June 2010, AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto described her as the eldest daughter of the 48 sisters. She is commonly part of the lineup for the AKB48 singles. She is a member of the AKB48 sub-group no3b, along with AKB48 members Haruna Kojima, in August 2005, Takahashi become one of the 30th HoriPro Talent Contests 15 final candidates, but she did not win the competitions Grand-Prix prize. In October 2005, she participated in the first AKB48 audition, according to Tomonobu Togasaki, the manager of the AKB48 Theater, she had two unofficial advantages going for her, her birthday and her height contain the number 48. She debuted with Team A on December 8,2005, in 2008, no3b members, including Takahashi, appeared in the TV Tokyo drama Men Dol. She starred as Nami/Kai in this television series, on August 23,2009, Takahashi was officially announced as the captain of AKB48s Team A. On August 24,2012, Mariko Shinoda replaced her as the captain of Team A, Takahashi appears regularly in the AKB48 singles as one of the groups key singers. In addition, Minami frequently represents AKB48 on TV programs such as Music Station, and in other of the groups publicity events. On August 25,2012, the day of AKB48 Tokyo Dome Concert, it was announced by Max Hole that Takahashi would make her solo debut with the company. The single, titled Jane Doe, was released on April 3,2013 and it is the opening theme song for the Fuji Television TV drama Saki, which stars Yukie Nakama. Yui Yokoyama will then succeed her job as the General Director of AKB48, on October 25,2015, during the handshake and autograph event at Pacific Yokohama had announced the details of AKB48s 42nd Single and Request Hour 2016. The 42nd Single will be released on December 9,2015 and she will be the Center which will be her final appearance on an AKB48 single. Set List, Greatest Songs 2006–2007 Kamikyokutachi Set List, Greatest Songs Kanzenban Koko ni Ita Koto 1830m Tsugi no Ashiato Koko ga Rhodes da,0 to 1 no Aida リーダー論 B. L. T. U-17 summer たかみな 写りな、写りな Minami Takahashi at the Internet Movie Database Official AKB48 profile Official agency profile Official music profile Minami Takahashi on Twitter

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Sakura no Hanabiratachi
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Sakura no Hanabiratachi is Japanese idol group AKB48s debut single, released independently through AKS on February 1,2006. The single was the highest debuting girl group single since Morning Musumes Morning Coffee, the song was composed by Hiroshi Uesugi and written by Yasushi Akimoto. The song was re-recorded and released again in 2008 as the final single with major label DefStar Records. The song was sung by the original 21 members of AKB48 that later formed Team A, center of 2006 version was Minami Takahashi. While 2008 version was Minami Takahashi and Maeda Atsuko, the launching of Sakura no Hanabiratachi was held on February 1,2006, at the AKB48 theater. During this event, a presentation of the events that occurred during the formation of Team A was shown. 20 Members of AKB48 Team A then performed Sakura no Hanabiratachi and Dear My Teacher, notable during this event was the absence of Tomomi Ōe due to school activities. The song was used as the song of the TBS drama Desu yo Nee. along with being used in videophone commercials for NTT docomo. The B-side Dear My Teacher was used as the theme song for the variety show Mitake Uranai. The re-released version had several tie-ups, the lead track was used as an ending theme song for the variety show Arabiki-dan, while the B-side Saigo no Seifuku was used as an image song for the 26th Yokohama International Womens Ekiden. Inviting Team K and Team B members to join this song, a poster was given for a purchase of any version of this single at the AKB48 Theater Café. Having only one member from AKB48 on each poster, there were a total of 44 different types of posters and these posters were handed out randomly to any purchaser. Anyone who has collected all 44 types were invited to a Spring Festival by AKB48, a special B-side is featured on the type B limited edition, where the song is rearranged into a school choir pieces. For the groups 10th anniversary, a new version of the song was recorded for the track of upcoming album 0 to 1 no Aida. The single debuted at #10 in its first week, with 22,000 copies sold and it charted for a further three weeks in the top 50, before finally leaving the top 200 eight weeks after its initial chart entry. The 2008 version was commercially successful. This single was AKB48s most sold single from their independent period and this was broken by their first single with King Records in 2008, Ōgoe Diamond, which sold over 80,000 copies

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Skirt, Hirari
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Skirt, Hirari is Japanese idol group AKB48s second single, released independently through AKS on June 7,2006. The center of the song is Minami Takahashi and Atsuko Maeda, launching of Skirt, Hirari was held at the off-theater live promoting event at Akihabara UDX with some 1,500 attendees on June 4,2006,3 days prior the release date. During this event, all AKB48 members,20 members of Team A and 17 members of Team K, performed on the stage together first time, although Skirt, Hirari itself was recorded with Team A members only. They made their first appearances on TV music programs to perform as a group of singers, such as Music Station, Music Fighter, etc. on June 9, two days after the release of CD. The song was used as the song of the Odaiba Gakuen 2006. The B-side Aozora no soba ni ite was used as the theme song for the variety show Mitake Uranai. Each Shokai Genteiban CD included a postcard, which was for a draw with following awards

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River (AKB48 song)
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River is the 14th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on 21 October 2009. It was the first AKB48s single to top the Oricon weekly singles chart, thus it became the groups best selling single, beating Namida Surprise. Which by then had sold 144,000 copies in 18 weeks, the music video was filmed at Iruma Air Base. The single was released in two versions, Regular Edition, and Theater Edition, the bonuses for the first-press limited edition included a handshake event ticket for various locations, as well as a voting card for the AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 1002010. On the theater edition, the bonuses included an event ticket, a special performance ticket lottery. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto and it has been performed by selected members from JKT48s Team J and JKT48 trainees. The single is JKT48s version of AKB48s song, the single has two versions, Regular Edition, and Theater Edition. AKB48の通算14枚目のシングル「RIVER」 AKB48の新曲がデイリー・シングルランキング初登場1位 King Records profile AKB48「AKB48も楽曲も進化する！！新たなスタートへ」-ORICON STYLE ミュージック Oricon JKT48 Discography River Special page

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Sakura no Shiori
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Sakura no Shiori is the 15th single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, it was released on February 17,2010. The title track is a graduation song. The song was used as the song to the AKB48-related drama Majisuka Gakuen. In its first week, the song sold 318,000 copies - the biggest opening sales for a female group single since Morning Musumes Mr. Moonlight in July 2001, the song has been certified platinum for physical sales by the RIAJ. The song is composed by Hiroshi Uesugi and written by Yasushi Akimoto and it is sung with AKB48 members singing together in a school choir. The song is a song, with a theme of cherry blossoms. Sakura no Shiori was used not only as the song for the drama Majisuka Gakuen. The B-side Majisuka Rock n Roll was used as the theme song for the same drama. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, the song centred on Atsuko Maeda. Team A, Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi, Team K, Tomomi Itano, Sayaka Akimoto, Erena Ono, Yuko Oshima Team B, Yuki Kashiwagi, Mayu Watanabe The unit of girls who sung this song performed under the name Team Play-Boy. The song centred on Yuki Kashiwagi, Team A, Aki Takajō, Aika Oota, Ami Maeda Team K, Sae Miyazawa, Moeno Nito Team B, Yuki Kashiwagi, Miho Miyazaki The unit of girls who sung this song performed under the name Team Young Jump. The song centred on Rie Kitahara, Team A, Haruka Nakagawa, Rino Sashihara, Asuka Kuramochi Team K, Minami Minegishi, Ayaka Kikuchi Team B, Tomomi Kasai, Rie Kitahara

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Ponytail to Shushu
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Ponytail to Shushu is the 16th single by Japanese idol group AKB48, released on May 26,2010. The covers and music videos of the single were shot in Guam, the first editions of the single came with a ticket to vote for the featuring members of AKB48s 17th single, Heavy Rotation, released in August 2010. The single sold 354,000 copies on its first day of release and it also became the biggest selling AKB48 single on the week it was released, beating the groups previous single Sakura no Shioris first week sales of 318,000 copies. SKE48 team S, Jurina Matsui Performed by Under Girls, sKE48 team S, Jurina Matsui, Rena Matsui SDN48, Nachu

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Heavy Rotation (song)
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Heavy Rotation is Japanese idol group AKB48s 17th single, released on August 18,2010. The video was directed by photographer and movie producer Mika Ninagawa, the title song of this single, widely known as Hebirote, was a huge karaoke hit and lead the respective JOYSOUND charts for 43 weeks. The groups previous single, Ponytail to Shushu, contained tickets in which buyers would vote for a member that would participate in the track for Heavy Rotation. The winner of AKB48s 2010 general election was member Yuko Oshima and she was followed by Atsuko Maeda, Mariko Shinoda, Tomomi Itano and Mayu Watanabe. Oshima was the girl for the Type B single, while the next three ranking members in the poll were featured on the Type A cover. Namida no See-Saw Game was used as the theme song for AKB48s variety show. Team A, Misaki Iwasa, Kojima, At and this EP also contains Mandarin tracks for River and Sakura no Ki ni Narō. The single was released in 2 versions, Type Red and Type Blue, the contents in both Type Red and Type Blue are the same except their different cover photo. Each CD includes an event ticket, a member photo, a group photo. Besides, Collectors Edition released after 2 versions were sold out, Collectors Edition was also released in Type Red and Type Blue. Each CD includes a River theme photo with 16 members, but no DVD included

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Beginner (song)
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Beginner is Japanese idol girl group AKB48s 18th single, released on October 27,2010. Each version contained a different set list aside from the title track, the third track on type A, Kimi ni Tsuite performed by Mint, was selected via a fan vote held on Ameba Pigg. In addition, all first press limited editions of Beginner contain a national handshaking event ticket, and can be used during the later handshaking tour to meet AKB48 members up close and in person. The theater version, on the hand, contains a ticket to a special handshaking event commemorating the release of the theater version. Beginner managed to have 1.03 million copies shipped to retailers before its release, by the end of its first week of release, Beginner has sold 826,989 copies and reach top spot on the Oricon weekly singles chart. Which sold 1.06 million and 828,000 copies in their opening week respectively, by selling almost 1 million copies by the end of the year, Beginner was the best-selling single of 2010 in Japan. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, notable omissions from the last single include Erena Ono, who has graduated from AKB48 in September and Sayaka Akimoto, captain of Team K. Other senbatsu members from Heavy Rotation who did not make it are Amina Satō, Haruka Nakagawa, and Miho Miyazaki, who placed 18th, 20th, and 21st respectively at the general election

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Chance no Junban
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Chance no Junban is Japanese idol girl group AKB48s 19th single, released on December 8,2010. The tournament was a bracketed, single knockout format with 51 members, the top 16 were given senbatsu status and participated in the single. 12 of which would be given media senbatsu members, the tournament was held at Nippon Budokan on September 21, and was won by Team Ks Mayumi Uchida, who was given the center headlining position. Chance no Junban was released in four different versions and cover variations, with the version being exclusively sold in the AKB48 theater in Akihabara. Versions A, K, and B contained a different third track aside from the track and Yoyaku shita Christmas. The theater version included a track that was performed by Team Research Students. In addition to including their music videos, versions A, K. All first press releases was enclosed with an event ticket. Chance no Junban sold 471,242 copies in its first day, placing it on top of the Oricon daily chart, the single has been certified triple platinum by the RIAJ for physical sales. All succeeding singles after Chance no Junban sold 1 million copies in their first week of release, starting the AKB48 Million Streak, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. Nakagawa made her return to senbatsu since last making it in Heavy Rotation, kuramochi has not appeared in senbatsu since Iiwake Maybe, the 13th single. Kana Kobayashi and Natsuki Sato both reappeared in senbatsu after an absence of 3 years and 8 months. Finally, other such as Uchida, Ami Maeda, Tanabe, Nakatsuka, Sakiko Matsui, Ishida, Sumire Sato

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Everyday, Katyusha
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Everyday, Katyusha is the 21st single by Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on May 25,2011. It was announced that part of the proceeds from this album will be donated to help the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Everyday, Katyusha sold a total of 942,475 copies on its release day alone, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except credited below, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except listed below.334 million singles on its debut week and beating the previous record set by Mr. Children in February 1996. The single also crossed the 1.5 million album sales mark and it also achieved that mark at a record pace, and it also became the first single since 2005 to achieve that mark

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Flying Get
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Flying Get is the 22nd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on August 24,2011. Its members were chosen by the AKB482011 general election, the participating members were chosen by AKB48s 2011 general election. Each of AKB48s 21st single Everyday, Kachusha contained a ballot that allows the buyer to register a vote for one of the candidates for the groups 22nd single. The top 21 vote-getters would get to participate in the track. The winner of the election was Atsuko Maeda, with Yuko Oshima as runner up. The members who were ranked 22 to 40 were grouped as Under Girls, the title track was the theme song for the Fuji TV drama series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Ikemen Paradise 2011, which starred AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda. The track was featured in a television commercial for Peach Johns lingerie brand Heart Bra. The music video for Flying Get was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and its full version lasts over 18 minutes and features a plot similar those of action films. Instead releasing a normal MV on official channel on YouTube, a dance version was uploaded. The single sold 1,025,952 copies on the first day of its release, Flying Get outsold the groups previous single, Everyday, Katyusha, in the last week of sales in 2011, and became the overall number-one selling single of 2011. Flying Get won the Grand Prix award at the 53rd Annual Japan Record Awards, the lineup for the main single consists of the top 21 members from AKB48s 2011 general election. The top 12 members were given additional media promotion. The number in brackets indicates the members ranking. The number in brackets indicates the members ranking. Flying Get was redone in Mandarin for AKB48s sister group in China, SNH48, as the second single. This EP also contains Mandarin tracks for Ponytail to Shushu and Chance no Junban, fans had an opportunity to participate in the video by wearing a SNH48 Flying Get T-shirt. On February 15,2014, JKT48 announced the fifth single to be Flying Get. This single has the voting tickets for JKT48s 6th single Senbatsu Sosenkyo, melody Laksani is the center performer for the title track

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Ue kara Mariko
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Ue Kara Mariko is the 24th major single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released on December 7,2011. The AKB48 members participating in the single were determined in the tournament held on September 20,2011, at Nippon Budokan. The 16 members from the group who advanced into the semi-final and final rounds of the tournament are those that were featured in this single. From this, the Top 8 were chosen to be the main vocalists while member Mariko Shinoda, the singles title song was announced to be Ue Kara Mariko on October 29 at the Flying Get handshake event at Ajinomoto Stadium. The single was released in 4 versions, Type A, Type K, Type B, and Theater Edition. It has sold 959,280 copies on its first day, the name Mariko in Ue Kara Mariko refers to Mariko Shinoda, the member of the group whom the single will be centered around for the first time, having won the rock-paper-scissors tournament. This is also the first song by the group with a name in the title. The words ue kara might be seen as referring either to Mariko being the eldest or the tallest in the group and it was also revealed that title song was originally planned to be Hashire. Penguin but was changed to fit Mariko Shinodas image, penguin was instead sung by Team 4 and appears only on the Theater Edition of the single

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Give Me Five!
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Give Me Five. is the 25th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48. It is also AKB48s fifth sakura-themed single, and their first single of 2012 and this single was released in Japan on February 15,2012. Give Me Five. is AKB48s fifth sakura-themed single, however, unlike the previous ones, this singles title doesnt contain the word sakura. The music video for the song Give Me Five. is a 34-minute Japanese television drama-like style video and this video was directed by Shigemichi Sugita, and it stars AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Minami Takahashi. Actor Takanori Jinnai also stars in the music video, Give Me Five sold approximately 967,000 copies on its debut day, thus making it AKB48s 12th single to achieve No.1 on the Oricon charts. Give Me Five. was sung by a band called Baby Blossom comprising 18 selected members from AKB48, the band is led by Atsuko Maeda, who is playing the rhythm guitar, and Yuko Oshima, who is playing a bass guitar. Sae Miyazawa, Rie Kitahara, Aki Takajō, Tomomi Kasai and this band was formed in secret by AKB48s producer Yasushi Akimoto on 28 August 2011. During the five prior to the official revelation of the band. Members of the rock band Gacharic Spin were some of their coaches, out of the 18 band members, only three had previously played the musical instrument they are playing this time. They are Yuko Oshima, who played the guitar during her high school days, Rena Matsui and Rino Sashihara. Baby Blossom was officially revealed to the public during the 4th and last day of concert AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 1002012, at the event, the members performed the song Give Me Five. for the first time. The music video was directed by director Shigemichi Sugita, the music video stars AKB48 members Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Yuki Kashiwagi, Minami Takahashi and actor Takanori Jinnai. The filming of this music video took place in a school located in Saitama Prefecture during end-November 2011. This music video tells the story of four students, all of whom comes from troubled backgrounds, Atsuko Maeda plays the role of Atsuko Ogata, a girl whose parents divorced and subsequently went to Tokyo. Yuko Oshima plays Yuko Osawa, a girl who works at a brothel to cover household expenses. Yuki Kashiwagi stars as Yuki Kobayashi, a girl who is mentally troubled after being bullied at school, Minami Takahashi plays the role of Minami Ichikawa, a quick-tempered girl who can never stay in one job for long. Takanori Jinnai stars as the homeroom teacher. The four of them, on the suggestion of their teacher, together, they mature and gradually become self-confident. Ryosuke Miura as Ankh and Shu Watanabe as Eji Hino from Kamen Rider OOO made a cameo

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Manatsu no Sounds Good!
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Manatsu no Sounds Good. is the 26th single by the Japanese girl idol group AKB48, released in Japan on May 23,2012. In its first week, the CD single sold 1,616,795 copies according to Oricon, in August 2012, it was certified 2 Million by RIAJ. On December 30,2012, the won the Grand Prix at the 54th Japan Record Awards. The single is Atsuko Maedas final recording with the group, Manatsu no Sounds Good comprises various editions released on May 23,2012. The Type-B edition is also a CD+DVD set, composed of the tracks as Type-A except Chōdai. Which is replaced by Gugutasu no Sora, both editions are available with an alternative cover on the groups first pressings. The Theater edition comes in a CD with the tracks as Type-A but Chōdai. Which is replaced by Kimi no Tame ni Boku Wa, as of the day of its release, AKB48 shipped a personal record of 2.0 million copies. Instead releasing a normal MV, a dance shot MV was released. The first two songs on the CD and their versions are the same for all editions. The first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for both Type-A and Type-B, the title track featured 36 members, the largest number of participants on an AKB48 single title track since Everyday, Katyusha, which featured 26 members. - Musim Panas Sounds Good. is the released single from the Indonesian idol girl group JKT48. It was released on November 26,2013, the AKB48 sister group JKT48 announced the release of Manatsu no Sounds Good. An Indonesian version of Manatsu no Sounds Good, as its fourth single for November 26,2013. Type-A Regular Edition at King Records

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Gingham Check
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Gingham Check is the 27th major single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The members were chosen from their placements in the AKB48s 2012 general election, the single was released in Japan on August 29,2012. It includes the song for long-time headlining member Atsuko Maeda. On March 26,2012, AKB48 announced it would be holding an election to determine the lineup for its 27th major single. The field of candidates consisted of 243 members from AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48, the election results were announced on June 6 at Nippon Budokan and results were broadcast live on TV for the first time. Yuko Oshima came first, followed by Mayu Watanabe and Yuki Kashiwagi and this is the first single without Atsuko Maeda in the main lineup as she did not participate as a candidate in the election, and graduated from the group two days before the singles release. This is the second time Yuko Oshima became AKB48s center since Heavy Rotation and this is also the last single for long-time AKB48 member Tomomi Kasai, as she would announce her graduation on December 17,2012. The single was released in three versions, Type A, Type B and Theater Edition, the video is directed by Joseph Kahn. and features actors Hideo Ishiguro (Kamen Rider Den-O, Kouhei Takeda, Dori Sakurada and Akira Nakao. Yuko Oshima and Mayu Watanabe appeared in the video in two teams of black and red, Atsuko Maeda also makes an appearance in the video. The video consists of three story-lines that parody films, terrorists invade a police department, a schoolgirl explores a haunted hospital and it features a battle between the Motorgirls and the Car Devils. The lineup for the track consists of the top 16 members from AKB48s 2012 general election. Maeda had graduated two days prior to the singles release, there were a total of 171 members in this group. JKT48 held their first Senbatsu Sosenkyo for selecting the members to participate for this single, on May 29,2014, the release of single was announced together with the name of the launching event Arigatou. The single has two editions, the version and theater version. Bonus Member photo Members autographed card message Bonus ALFA MIDI · LAWSON Call card Trump card JKT48 Theater Trump card Handshake ticket Releases Other references

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Uza (song)
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Uza is the 28th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on October 31,2012. The single was first announced on Yasushi Akimotos Google+ and the song premiered live on September 18,2012. Mayu Watanabe was originally one of the centers however, due to heavy choreography involved in this song, Yuko Oshima and it was released in four versions, Type-A, Type-K, Type-B, and Theater Edition. The music video for the song was directed by Joseph Kahn. Instead releasing a normal MV, a dance shot version was published

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Eien Pressure
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Eien Pressure is the 29th major single by the Japanese female idol group AKB48, released in Japan on December 5,2012. The sixteen members that were featured in the track were decided in the AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament held in September along with their position at Nippon Budokan. The overall winner of the tournament was Haruka Shimazaki, who sang the vocals for the song. The single was released in five versions, Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, Type-D and its music video was directed by Eiki Takahashi. This is also the first single where Kojima Haruna does not participate in the singles A-side track, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, except Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni. Eien Yori Tsuzuku Yō ni is written by Hisaya Okada, center, Haruka Shimazaki The rank of each member in the AKB48 29th single selection rock-paper-scissors tournament is in parentheses. King Records profiles Type-A Type-B Type-C Type-D Theater Edition

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So Long! (AKB48 song)
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So Long. is the 30th major single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It is also AKB48s sixth cherry blossom-themed single, and its first single of 2013 and this single was released in Japan on February 20 in four different versions. The 64-minute-long music video for the track is directed by director Nobuhiko Obayashi. The Nippon Television network aired a 3-episode special television drama based on the track from 11–13 February 2013. As with many of AKB48s songs, the lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto, …じゃあ またね, 枝にいくつかの硬い蕾 桜前線 まだ来ないのに which is romanized as, So long. hohoende. So long. jā matane, eda ni ikutsu ka no katai tsubomi, sakurazensen mada konai-noni and translated as, So long. smiling. So long. yeah bye for now, in the branch some hard buds, before the tree still doesnt come The music video for the song So Long. is directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. With a duration of 64 minutes, it is AKB48s longest music video to date, shot on location at Chuetsu High School in Niigata Prefecture, this music video revolves around the students at the school. Mayu Watanabe plays the role of Yume, a girl dreams of becoming an actress. This is Watanabes first center role in an AKB48 music video, sKE48 member Jurina Matsui plays the role of Mirai, a student who transferred to the school from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Other supporting cast includes members Haruka Shimazaki, Yuko Oshima, Minami Takahashi, Tomomi Itano, all the students at the school lend their support to Mirai because all of them have had experienced the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake and understand her predicament. Over time, Mirai starts to make friends with the students in the school. Singer Mickey Curtis makes a special guest appearance in this video, the title track of this single was first unveiled on Tokyo Broadcasting Systems Kayo Kyoku music programme on 22 January 2013. A six-minute version of the video was subsequently unveiled on 24 January 2013 during the AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 1002013 performance series. So Long. was released in Japan on February 20,2013 in four different versions, Type A, Type K, Type B, and the Theater versions

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Sayonara Crawl
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Sayonara Crawl is the 31st single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, it was released in Japan on May 22,2013. As of the day, the CD single Sayonara Crawl had been shipped in 2.3 million copies. As of June 16,2013, over 1.9 million copies have been sold. The single was released in the form of different editions,3 generally distributed editions titled Type A, Type K. There are also limited editions of Types A, K, and B, all editions contained a voting card for the AKB482013 General Election to determine the lineup for the groups 32nd single. The release marks the first time the group has presented a “quadruple center” lineup for the title track, the centers are, Tomomi Itano, Yuko Oshima, Haruka Shimazaki and Mayu Watanabe. The first 2 songs on the CD and the first 3 music videos on the DVD are the same for all versions

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Koi Suru Fortune Cookie
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Koi Suru Fortune Cookie is the 32nd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 21,2013, the lineup for the title track and supporting B-sides was determined by the results from the 2013 AKB48 general election, of which the winner was Rino Sashihara of AKB48 sister group HKT48. The single contains graduation songs for Mariko Shinoda and Tomomi Itano, Rino Sashihara of HKT48 received the most votes and became the center, or headlining position, for the single. This is Sashiharas first time as a center for an AKB48 single, the participants in the single included members who had graduated or announced graduation plans. AKB48 member Mariko Shinoda, who placed fifth overall in the election, announced on the results day that she would be graduating. Tomomi Itano, who placed 11th overall, had announced her intent to back in February 2013. Natsumi Hirajima, a candidate who had already graduated prior to the voting period. On June 23, AKB48 member Rino Sashihara announced on Fuji TVs late-night show, AKB Eizou Center, that the title of the 32nd single would be Koi Suru Fortune Cookie and a release date of August 21. The single was released in four versions, Type A, Type K, Type B, the non-theater versions have limited editions for their first pressings. While each regular edition has one of 50 different kinds of photos, the title song was first performed in the TBS show Ongaku no hi on June 29. The Koi Suru Fortune Cookie music video was filmed on June 22, in Fukuoka, HKT48s home and it involved 3,800 extras, the most for any AKB48 and sister group-related video since Banzai Venus which had about 1,000 people. The choreography was done by Papaya Suzuki, some of the AKB48 members commented on the music video. Mayu Watanabe said It makes you feel like telling your fortunes, Tomomi Itano said Its a song you can liven up with everyone, and is also an enjoyable song, as you can copy the choreography with others. Minami Takahashi said Its somehow nostalgic, on July 19, AKB48 released the Staff Version of the music video, which shows 365 members of the AKB48 staff and its sister groups performing some of the dance moves. The video was shot in seven days, the staff video was listed as the most watched YouTube video in Japan for the 2013 year with over 8 million views. On August 12,2016 the music video reached 100 million views on YouTube and this makes the groups 13th consecutive single to sell over a million copies, which ties a record with Bz. It is the groups 19th consecutive number-one single, Koi Suru Fortune Cookie is to be used as the departure melody on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line platforms of Akihabara Station from spring 2016. Fortune Cookie in Love -Fortune Cookie Yang Mencinta- is the released single from the Indonesian idol girl group JKT48

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Mae shika Mukanee
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Mae shika Mukanee is the 35th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on February 26,2014, by King Records and this single was first performed at AKB48s AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 2002014 concert. This is Yuko Oshimas last single in AKB48, the single reached number one on Oricon and Billboards weekly charts, and placed third overall in Oricons year-end chart with 1,153,906 copies. Mae shika Mukanee, was first revealed to the public on January 24,2014 at AKB48s AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 2002014 concert at the Tokyo Dome City Hall, the title tracks center performer is Yuko Oshima, and it is also her final single with AKB48. The members who participated in this song have participated in the previous song Heart Electric. New participants include Mako Kojima and Akari Suda, and it is Kojimas first participation on an AKB48 title track, the lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto. The single was released in four types, Type A, Type B, Type C, the supporting tracks on the single are done by various subgroups, Smiling Lions, Beauty Giraffes, Baby Elephants, and Talking Chimpanzees. The full version of the music video lasts more than 20 minutes, and it wasnt released on YouTube, instead, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto

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Labrador Retriever (song)
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Labrador Retriever is the 36th single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. It was released in Japan on May 21,2014 by King Records and this single was first performed at AKB48s concert in the National Olympic Stadium on March 29. It was the single of the year in Japan, with 1,786,825 copies. The lyrics were written by Yasushi Akimoto, in this single, Mayu Watanabe returns as the center of the main song after the release of So Long. The main song in single, Labrador Retriever, was revealed to the public on March 29,2014 during the encore session of their first concert at the National Olympic Stadium. This single will be released in five types, Type A, Type K, Type B, Type 4,36 members were chosen to participate in the A-side song Labrador Retriever, which has the same number as their 2012 single Manatsu no Sounds Good. But 4 more than last years single, Sayonara Crawl. The first two songs on the CDs and the first two videos on the DVDs are the same for all versions. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, the center performer for the title track is Mayu Watanabe

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Kokoro no Placard
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Kokoro no Placard is the 37th single by the Japanese idol group AKB48. It was released in Japan on August 27,2014 and it was the 5th best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 1,058,059 copies. The lineup for the track and supporting B-sides was determined by the results from the AKB48s 2014 general election. Mayu Watanabe of AKB48s Team B received the most votes and became the center, or headlining performer, the single was released in five types, Type A, Type K, Type B, Type D and the Theater Edition. The lyrics of the song were written by Yasushi Akimoto, the music composed by Yusuke Itagaki, the full version of MV has not been released along with the single Kibouteki Refrain, and due to the delay, was released a week later, on December 1. The single debuted at one in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart with 871,923 copies sold on the first day. It reached number-one on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. All lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto, all lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto. The lineup for the track consists of the top 16 members from AKB48s 2014 general election. JKT48 released their 7th single Papan Penanda Isi Hati -Message on a Placard- on 27 August 2014 with Shania Junianatha as this singles center and this CD has tickets to Pensi JKT48. The single has three versions, Regular Edition distributed by CD Shops, Regular Edition distributed by JKT48 Theater and Rakuten, and Theater Edition

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Yuki Kashiwagi
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Yuki Kashiwagi, is a member of the Japanese idol girl groups AKB48, NGT48 and a former member of NMB48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3,2006, and is now a member of AKB48s Team B and she was previously the captain of Team B before she was replaced by Ayaka Umeda as the captain. She was also a member of AKB48 sub-group French Kiss and her talent agency is Watanabe Productions. In the annual AKB48 general elections, Yuki has consistently ranked among the top members. She placed ninth in 2009, eighth in 2010, third in 2011 and 2012, fourth in 2013, third in 2014, second in 2015 and fifth in 2016. She joined AKB48 after an audition in December 3,2006 and her first AKB48 theater performance as a Team B member was on April 4,2007. On March 25,2009, she joined Watanabe Productions, on April 25,2009, she became a weathergirl on Tokyo Broadcasting System TVs Hiruobi. She came 9th place in the elections for the single Iiwake Maybe and was made captain of Team B on August 23,2009. Her first solo photobook was released on September 20,2009, in 2010, She was made a member of three-piece AKB48 sub-group French Kiss. During the AKB48 third general election in 2011, she was ranked third place by popular votes, after Yuko Oshima, Umeda Ayaka replaced Kashiwagi as the Captain of Team B, during the reformation of teams at the Tokyo Dome Concert held on August 24,2012. On February 6,2013, Kashiwagi made a debut on her personal label YukiRing. In the annual elections held in 2013, Kashiwagi came in fourth place with a total of 96,905 votes. She then released her solo single, Birthday Wedding on October 16,2013. In AKB48 Group Daisokaku Matsuri, held February 24,2014 and she made her first appearance as a member of NMB48 during the groups solo concert in Saitama Super Arena on April 5,2014. She made her debut at the NMB48 theater on April 30,2014, in the groups annual general elections in 2014, Kashiwagi came in third place with a total of 104,364 votes. Kashiwagi received her first center position for the groups 39th single and this single has two centers, the other center being Haruna Kojima. On March 26,2015, it was announced that she would release from her concurrent position in NMB48, AKB48 Nemousu TV Ariyoshi AKB Kyowakoku AKB48 SHOW. ~Live 4 Life~ ON8+1 with AKB48 AKB48 Request Hour Set List Best 100 Live DVD wa Derudarou kedo, Yappari Name ni Kagiruze AKB48 Masaka, end of the Year Thanksgiving, Were going to shuffle AKB

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Rino Sashihara
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Rino Sashihara is a member/manager of Japanese idol group HKT48s Team H, and a former member of AKB48, both produced by Yasushi Akimoto. In October 2007, she auditioned and was chosen as a trainee for the 5th generation of AKB48 and she was promoted to a regular member of Team B in August 2008. Her first title track single was Ōgoe Diamond, in October of that year and she placed 27th in the popularity-driven 2009 General Election, where she was grouped with the Under Girls, the ones who would perform on the first B-side singles. On August 2009, AKB48 announced that she would transfer to Team A, on December 4,2010, Sashihara attempted to upload 100 articles in a day on her official blog, with the number of page views reaching 35 million on the same day. In January 2011, Sashihara starred in a television program titled Although You Are Sashiko, broadcast by TBS. The program was subtitled A variety program to train Sashiko, Sashihara starred as the lead character in the NTV4 drama Muse no Kagami starting on January 14,2012. She sings the song titled Soredemo Suki Da yo, which was released as her debut solo single in May 2. In April 2012, it was announced that Sashihara would produce Yubi Matsuri, shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, Super Girls, Tokyo Girls Style, Passpo and Watarirouka Hashiritai 7. On June 16,2012, Sashihara was demoted and transferred to HKT48, the tabloid Shukan Bunshun published an article in which a man who allegedly dated and slept with Sashihara came forwards. Sashihara replied by saying that the man was just a friend, on June 20,2012, Sashihara had a panic attack onstage, and hyperventilated due to the stress. Sashihara officially debuted at the HKT48 Theater as a member of HKT48 Team H on July 5,2012 and her Send-off Party stage performance for AKB48 was, however, postponed since it coincided with Natsumi Matsubaras birthday stage performance. Her send-off was eventually held on July 23,2012, Sashihara released her second single, Ikujinashi Masquerade, on October 17,2012. The single reached number one on the Oricon Weekly chart, which made it only the solo single by an AKB48 member ever to do so. On April 28,2013, it was announced at the Budokan Arena concert that Sashihara would assume the position of HKT48 co-manager and theater manager, while continuing to be a member of HKT48 Team H. In an interview with Asahi Shimbun, she said I helped select the numbers and members to perform when HKT48 held its first concert at Nippon Budokan hall, what I had in mind was to use old songs of AKB48. The reason is that the current age makeup of HKT48 and the progression of the growth are similar to those of AKB48 several years ago. Sashiharas talents as self-producer have not gone unnoticed by the management, Sashihara was announced as having received the most votes in AKB48s annual general election in 2013. She received 150,570 votes, beating out Yuko Oshima and she thus earned the right to be the center on their single Koi Suru Fortune Cookie

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Haruka Shimazaki
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Haruka Shimazaki is a Japanese singer and actress, former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She was in Team A. However, she graduated from the group in 2016, Haruka Shimazaki took part in the AKB48 6th Kenkyūsei Audition in 2009, and on September 20, it was announced that she was accepted. In the AKB48 17th single senbatsu election, which took place from May to June 2010, Haruka Shimazaki ranked 28th, in June 2011, it was announced that she would be promoted to a newly created Team 4. In the AKB48 27th single senbatsu election, which took place from May to June 2012, in August, she was transferred to Team B after Team 4 was disbanded. In September, Haruka Shimazaki won the 3rd AKB48 rock-paper-scissors tournament, held in Nippon Budokan, the single was titled Eien Pressure and was released on December 5,2012. In October 2012, she appeared at the premiere of Gekijōban Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō, the movie was based on the 2012 TV series Shiritsu Bakaleya Kōkō. Later in October the same year, she appeared together with Minami Takahashi in an automated external defibrillator training session, on February 23,2013, she appeared on the cover of the April issue of the Japanese fashion magazine Smart. On October 3rd,2016, she announced her graduation from AKB48 during a new TV commercial presentation of Baitoru, Haruka Shimazaki attended the 67th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen and graduated from AKB48 on December 31,2016. Koko ni Ita Koto High School Days Koko ni Ita Koto 1830m First Rabbit Chokkaku Sunshine Itsuka Mita Umi no Soko Yasashisa no Chizu Aozora yo Sabishikunai Ka. Tsugi no Ashiato After Rain Boy Hunt no Houhou Oshiemasu Boku wa Ganbaru Ponkotsu Blues Dōki Kanashiki Kinkyori Renai Koko ga Rhodes da, Team A 5th Stage Renai Kinshi Jōrei Squall no Aida ni Manatsu no Christmas Rose Tsundere. T. AKB48 Nemōsu TV Special, Atarashii Jibun ni Annyeong Haseyo Kankoku Kaiheitai Season 7 Season 8 Atsushi Paruru no OO baito, myojo, Shueisha SEDA, Hinode Publishing Paruru, Komaru. ISBN9784087806885 ParU ISBN9784391147797 Haruka Shimazaki on Twitter